CVE-2011-4688 (GCVE-0-2011-4688)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-12-07 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:16
VLAI
Summary
Mozilla Firefox 8.0.1 and earlier does not prevent capture of data about the times of Same Origin Policy violations during IFRAME loading attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine whether a document exists in the browser cache via crafted JavaScript code.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2263 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/47090 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cachetime/ x_refsource_MISC
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Date Public
2011-12-02 00:00
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